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  1. Brian_G

    upgraded lights

    Im going from a 6 bulb nova extreme pro light fixture to a 2x250w with 4 65 watt pc lights on it over my 75. now thats a big increase. :) to both my tank and the power bill :shock: :D but how shal I acclimate my corals to the new light? without starving them for it?
  2. Brian_G

    kalk overdose

    well the use of kalk finally bit me in the rear. I have a kalk reactor connected to a ph probe so when the ph hits a certain point the dosing pump stops pumping. well after not cleaning my float valve in my sump for a while the kalk built up and caused the float valve not to work and I had...
  3. Brian_G

    t5 led tube lights

    I saw these lights around and was thinking if I could replace the lights in my 6 buld nova extreme pro fixture with these and increase my par ratings. LED Fluorescent T5 - China led t5 light,t5 tube lamp,tube lights in Fluorescent Light Im not sure if it would even work and I cant find it...
  4. Brian_G

    10 gal tank

    I have a 10 gal tank just sitting around and I was thinking about doing an anemone tank. Ive always wanted a nem in my main tank but I hate the idea of it parking right next to my prized corals. sooo I could put it on its own system. orrr. what else could I do with a 10 gal?
  5. Brian_G

    algae id

    goood evening everyone, wondering is you could help identify this algae for me its not furry for anything, and can be blown off of the rocks. Im just going to run with the normal battle plan of a 30% wc and changing of the po4 media and possibly running a quality carbon for 2 weeks.
  6. Brian_G

    ulsers

    my cousin is having a problem with his fish dying all of a sudden. in 2 weeks he has lost a nice male naso tang, a powder blue tang and a male clown and a copper banded butterfly. This is all after adding a second copper banded butterfly that was apparently the disease transmitting fish from...
  7. Brian_G

    thermometers

    After thinking that my tank had been running hot for a few days, I played with my chiller to lower the temp in my tank...then it dawned on me, what if its my thermometer thats mesing up, not the chiller. so didnt know a way to check it with a temperature I knew. Well the only one I could come up...
  8. Brian_G

    Sweet Background Idea

    I was surfing reefkeeping magazine and this months thread of the month on RC is great IMO. Its on a sweet background idea, I really want to do this now. :) My Shadowbox Background Project - Reef Central Online Community
  9. Brian_G

    yellow belly?

    I have a "yellow belly" hippo for about 7 months now and it has yet to get even a hint of yellowness. I got it when it was about an inch small. and its about 2 inches now i suppose. When will it start to become yellow? or did I get jipped and only got a normal hippo?
  10. Brian_G

    diving wrasse video

    So I decided to shoot a video of my Melanaurus Wrasse diving into the sand for a good nights sleep with my new camera. I have to say, it shoots videos pretty well, I just dont shoot videos very well. But I thought it was cool and thought to share :) only pay attention to the 1st 30 sec, the...
  11. Brian_G

    file extension

    I shot a few pictures to hopefully post and you all could tell me what I am doing wrong. AND WHY ARENT MY PICTURES AS GOOD AS BIFFS!? but I had my camera set is RAW so the pictures were saved as .NEF files and photobucket wont upload them. how do I change that?
  12. Brian_G

    white spot on acro?

    so on a piece i fragged off my scripps acro about a month ago, I saw a white dead spot. the rest of the coral looks good and the mother colony looks good. what could have caused this spot. there are no corals even close to it. I dont think its aefw. (wishful thinking) .sorry about the poor...
  13. Brian_G

    how do you dose cal and alk?

    2 part? kalkwasser? etc... what do you think is best for corals, fish, etc
  14. Brian_G

    halloween urchin

    so i got a halloween urchin last night and acclimated it for about 2 hours and in the tank he went. through the night he moved about a foot and today he isnt moving much more. hes losing some spines too...:( what shal i do?
  15. Brian_G

    which RODI

    im trying to decide which RODI system i am going to order im gonna order from thefilterguys.com im leaning towards the $240 "ocean reef" or should i go for the $265 one and go ahead and get everything i need for it totaling $500?
  16. Brian_G

    my green stag

    well i have had a green stag for about a month now and it seemed to be doing well. the color on it changed a little, it went from green to a greenish brown but i though that was just because of the lighting change. It continued to grow. well I just not looked in my tank and its peeling? like...
  17. Brian_G

    cal and alk

    so i have been dripping kalk for about 2 months with no problems. I had been maintaining my alk at about 9 and my cal about 450. today i tested and my alk was 10 and my cal was 350. I have no idea. even my Ph is dropped from the normal 8.2 to 8.08. ( I have a pinpoint ph hooked to my kalk...
  18. Brian_G

    a little help please?

    okay well i got 2 corals tonight... 1 is what the owner of my lfs called FHI garretts gold strike acro but i tried to google it and got nothing. the other I have no idea, he told me but i forgot. It has polyps sort of like an acro, its red/orange, and grows sort of like a chalice...
  19. Brian_G

    chiller questions

    what kind of range can I set to my chiller to cut it back from cutting on and off so much? at one degree it turns on for about ten seconds then off for about 30 seconds. Thats going to kill the electricity bill.
  20. Brian_G

    I dont understand...

    I just spent a couple hours going over RC's t5 forum that was listed on Project's thread. After i read a lot of it i noticed that many people prefer t5's over mh's. They produce more lumens per watt. And they had so many odd color combinations. Anyone know more about that? I have always...
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